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Characters & Characteristics

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Helen

A writers’ group exercise: Take a character from one list, and a characteristic from another. We had half an hour and this is what I came up with…

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A Halloween Romance

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Helen

Competition time again at our writers’ group. I don’t know the results yet, but I’ve got my fingers crossed for this one. I should’ve posted this on Halloween, but I forgot! We were challenged to write a short story with … Continue reading →

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“The first time I smelled that…”

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Helen

The little village of Pilton in Somerset has been home to many creative people, including authors such as Fay Weldon, John Le Carre and Guy Kennaway. Our writers’ group has been fortunate enough to have the company of Guy Kennaway … Continue reading →

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8th April 1994

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Helen

Another little thing I wrote at Writers’ Group this week. This time we were given the (potentially morbid) theme of suicide. We had half an hour to write, and this is what I did – the end is a bit … Continue reading →

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Stuck together

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Helen

Our Writers’ Group homework last week was to write about a situation where people get stuck together eg in a broken down lift. This was what I wrote…

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